http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/ A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on policy, culture and other current events by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar. en-us 2008-06-28T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214326391.shtml His name is Dean G. Skelos, he represents Rockville Center, a relatively upscale Long Island community (Bruno represented Brunswick, in the very conservative upstate capitol district).... Kip 2008-06-24T16:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212874975.shtml Item Number Two on the Agenda:... Kip 2008-06-07T21:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212600090.shtml They wants the precious... Kip 2008-06-04T17:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212170837.shtml Damn activist governors!... Kip 2008-05-30T18:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211825684.shtml "And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that... Kip 2008-05-27T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211280104.shtml I went to my co-op's annual shareholder meeting last night. One of the two main topics for discussion was the plan of one of our non-residential neighbors to add floors to... Kip 2008-05-20T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209558311.shtml Tyler Cowen asks a simple question:... Kip 2008-04-30T12:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208775811.shtml Now available — the Stitch in Haste Podcast, Episode #004.... Kip 2008-04-21T11:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208125914.shtml A blog I don't read, on the Obama "bitter" kerfuffle:... Kip 2008-04-14T12:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208106085.shtml Possibly not much:... Kip 2008-04-13T19:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207708032.shtml (I might make this an intermittent feature.)... Kip 2008-04-09T02:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1205788283.shtml There's not much to say, and I said it here:... Kip 2008-03-17T21:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1205622699.shtml ... Kip 2008-03-15T23:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204858695.shtml In Part One I explained how modern liberal urban planners, as represented by the New York Times, have completely detached themselves from the underlying reasoning behind, and implications of, a... Kip 2008-03-07T12:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204858395.shtml Consider the following fact:... Kip 2008-03-07T12:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1203865793.shtml Dear Subaru of New York:... Kip 2008-02-24T15:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1201359125.shtml You may or may not be familiar with the Sean Bell shooting in New York City. Background here.... Kip 2008-01-26T14:01+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1199138179.shtml ... Kip 2007-12-31T21:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1198239297.shtml A comment I left at John Tierney's blog about the increased use of "smart elevators" in newly built skyscrapers such as the New York Times Building:... Kip 2007-12-21T12:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1196343386.shtml America's Lecher Mayor responds:... Kip 2007-11-29T13:11+00:00